Category: GABF2015

As a craft beer fanatic, we encourage – and encourage others – to drink local. In a lot of cases that can mean drink as close to home as physically possible – something thats fairly easy in Los Angeles. Its hard to argue against a trip to Torrance where you can now go to four excellent locally owned breweries all within a few mile radius, or take a trip to Anaheim where you can hit up Noble,

During the GABF award ceremony I was sitting front row center, which was a great opportunity to witness the facial expressions on people’s faces as they came up to accept their awards. After the ‘Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer’ category was announced, three guys who looked barely 30 approached the stage looking like deer in headlights. These were the guys behind Our Mutual Friend Brewing, a local Denver-based brewery that took home silver in the category for

I’m not delusional enough to think that I’m the first person to call for more craft lagers. Hell, we have been hearing for more than a year about how lagers are going to be the next big thing in craft beer. But IPA remains king, and sours have effectively secured second place. Sure, more breweries are making India Pale Lagers than they were three years ago, but I would argue most of them are more